All articles tagged with #sandbagging
Originally Published 6 months ago — by Polygon
Mario Kart World features a chaotic racing environment where players often employ tactics like slow pacing and delaying actions to manipulate race outcomes, leading to debates about game fairness and design, with some advocating for updates to balance gameplay and reduce exploitative strategies.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Ars Technica
Nintendo has released an update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe that nerfs the controversial "sandbagging" strategy, which involves intentionally hanging back in races to acquire and abuse the game's best items. The update prevents players from acquiring strong items by stopping or driving in reverse, or taking an item box in the same location multiple times during a race. While some argue that sandbagging requires skill, others believe it goes against the spirit of racing. The change limits the effectiveness of intentional sandbagging while still allowing slower players a chance to get at least one good item.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by The Associated Press
Residents along the Upper Mississippi River are evacuating their homes or stacking sandbags in preparation for near-record flooding caused by the rapid melting of a huge snowpack in northern Minnesota. Some residents in Wisconsin have already left their homes, while others are stockpiling sandbags. Emergency officials have not issued mandatory evacuation orders, but some residents have decided to evacuate. The Mississippi River is expected to reach the third-highest level ever recorded in Iowa when it crests on Saturday. Crews in Dubuque, Iowa, have closed 13 of the city’s 17 floodgates and started up four permanent pumping stations and three temporary pumps to suck water over the floodwall and back into the river.